HIDES, WOOL, SKINS AND TALLOW.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1930, Page 16

HIDES, WOOL, SKINS AND TALLOW.

SALE A.T NEW PLYMOUTH. The New Plymouth firm of L. A. Nolan and Co. reports holding its fourweekly sale of hides, wool, skins and tallow yesterday. A comprehensive catalogue was submitted to a full bench of buyers. , Competition was keen for all sound lines of hides and skins. Faulty stuff of all sorts was to some extent neglected. Cowhides held at about last month’s rates with a slight tendency in buyers’ favour for good parcels. Ox hides were difficult to sell at .a drop of id- to jd on last month’s' rates. for skins was. intermittent,. certain classes being neglected, while others maintained last months rates easily. The few lines of crutchings sold at from 4d to 4?}d per lb. Tallow was hard to quit; this market is lifeless. ■ ■ ■

Quotations are: — Hides.—Ox: Extra heavy; 5 l-Bd, 5 3-8 d; heavy, sd, s;}d; medium, 4 l-Bd, 4 7-Bd, sd, s£d; light, 4-Jd; extra light,. 4sd; cut, 3d, 3?d, 41d; slippy, 2 5-Bd. Cow: Extra heavy, 4£d, 4|-d, 4 5-8 d; heavy, 4<d, 4 5-Bd, 4|d, sd; medium, 4£d, si,d, sid; light, 4]d, 4-Jd, 5Jd, 5 5-8 d; extra light, 4 ; }d; cut, 3 5-Bd, 3 7-Bd, 4d; slippy, 2 3-8d,.2 7-8 d; cut and slippy, 2d. Calf: All weights, sound and- well flayed, 9Ad, 9 5-8 d; cut, .8 3-Sd; slippy, cut and slippy, 4d. Yearlings: £xtra heavy, 4Jd; heavy, s|d; medium, 4£d; . light, sd, s:}d; cut, 2d, 4Jd; slippy, 2d. Horse: Sound, 6s, 3s; cut, 2s 9d, 3d. Bull, l|d. Sheepskins, salted, at per each.—Quarter wools, 2s 6d; i to i wools, 2s Cd, 2s, 2s lOd; J wools, 3s lOd; i wools, 3s 3d to 5s lOd; hoggets, 2s : Cd, 2s Bd, 3s sd; lambs, 2s, 2s 3d, 2s 8d; dead, 2s; black, 3s 4d, 3s 7d; dry, at per lb, i wools, 5d to sjd; i wools, fid, 6{d; lambs, fijd; damaged, 4|d; hoggets, 6£d; damaged,, sd, s|d; dead, seedy, 3 id, seedy and damaged; 2d, 3{d; damaged i wools, 3d, 4d, 4£d, sd, Wool.—Crutchings, 4d, 4]d; fleece, C 2 d; hoggets, 53d; pieces, 2d; dead, 4d; black, 3d°°’ ' , Tallow.—ln tins, 14s 9d, 15s; drums, 15s. HIDES, SHEEPSKINS, WOOLS, The New Zealand -Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Stratford, held its monthly sale yesterday, when it offered a catalogue comprising about 16 bales of crossbred fleece, crossbred crutchings, lambs and dead wool, 890 sheepskins, 515 hides, tin tallow, etc. Eight buyers were on the bench and competition was animated. Following is the range of prices* —' Wool—Crossbred fleece unskirted, coarse and slightly biddi, 4Jd, sd, 6d, 6£d per lb; lambs, biddi, 5d per lb; clean, 6Ad per lb; crutchings, 3|d,’3|d, 4d, and 51d per lb; heavy biddi, 2:]d per lb; crossbred Head, s£d per lb; Southdown fleece, 7jd per lb. Sheepskins.—Salted: Crossbred quarter to half-woolled. torn and damaged, 6d each; half-woolled 3s sd, 3s 7d, 3s 9d; three-quarter-woolled, 4s lOd, 4s lid, ss; full-woolled, 5s 4d each; hoggets, is, 2s 6d, 3<s fid, 3s 9d each; dead, 1« 4d each; double fleece, 5s 2d each. Dry: Crossbred double fleece, 3s fid each; pelts, bare, 9d; woolly pelts, Is 8d; quarter-woolled, £s 6d each; half-wool-led, Is 9d, 2a each; three-quarter woolled, 3s, 48 3d, 4s lid each; hoggets, 2s 2d, 3s 3d each; lambs, lOd, Is sd, Is 10d each.

Hides and Calfskins. —Slinks, 3d each; calfskins, elipy, Is 8d each; cut, 2s lid to 4«s each; light sound, 2s 3d each; seconds, sound, 3s 4d each; firsts,sound, 3a 8d each; heavy, 4s 7d, 5s 6d each; yearlings,. slipy,'3s Id each; cut, 6s each; Bound, 8s 7d each; cowhides, sound, average 331 b, 13s 3d each; sound average 441 b, 15s 9d each; sound average, 531 b, 20s 5d each; cut, average 421 b, 13s 6d each; oxhides, sound, average 491 b, 18s lid each; sound, average ’flOtb,..2ss,.each,average; -501b,..1Q5-8d 8d each.

Tallow (in tins). —Superior and good, 15s per cwt. Sundries. —Cowtails, 9d per dozen; horsetails, Is each; goat skins, 3d each. STANDARD INSURANCE CO. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. The annual report of the directors of the Standard Insurance Company states that the income from all sources for the year amounts to £309,762 19s 3d, to which has to be added the balance brought forward from last year (£19,118 12s). The surplus on the year’s operations, after making full provision for all ascertained losses to June 30, the payment of an interim dividend, donation to the guarantee '■and provident fund, depreciation of properties and the allocation of £25,000 to the reserves fund, amounts to £35,644 9s 4d. Out of this surplus the directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of Is 3d per share, absorbing £l2 500, and to carry forward to next year tfce balance of £23,144 9s 4d, NEV/ ZEALAND INSURANCE. Auckland/ Last Night. At the annual meeting of the New Zea"’ land Insurance Company to day the necessary resolutions to provide for the transfer of a portion of the reserves to the capital account so that £1 shares formerly paid to 16s will be free from further liability were carried. The report and balance-sheet were adopted after the chairman had referred to the abnormally high fire wastage in the Dominion and the problem of over-insurance. BUSINESS ON SHAREMARKETS; Wellington, August 5. —Sale on Exchange: Commercial Bank of Australia (ord.), 21s 3d. Reported sale: Gisborne Gas (pref.), 20s 2d. Dunedin, August s.—Sale reported: Bank of New Zealand, 5Gs. Auckland, Aug. s.—Sharemarket Sales: Bank of Australasia, £ll 17s 6d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 21s 3d; New Zealand Insurance (ex div), 42s 9d; South British, 58s; Auckland Qas, 245; Huddart Parker (pref.), 20s 3d; Timaru Brewery (10s fully paid), 13s; Sanford, Ils; Mount Lyell (rights), Is fid. Late'sales Monday: Commercial Bank of Australia, 21s 3d; National Bank of Australia (c0n.),.£6 19s 9d; Bank of New South Wales, £37 2s 6d. Christchurch, August s.—Sales on Exchange: Commercial Bank of Australia (cum. div.), 21s 3d; Bank of New South Wales (cum. div.), £37 (two parcels); Union Bank of Australia, £lO 15s; Dalgety and Co., £lO 2s (three parcels); Goldsbrbugh Mort, 27s 6d. Sales reported; Commercial Bank of Australia (cum. div.), 21s 3d. (three parcels), 21s 4d (two parcels);. Bank of New South Wales, £37 2s 6d; Union Bank of Australia, £lO 15s. z OIL BORING AT OMATA. Following-is Coal Oil (N.Z.) Ltd’s, report from Omata No. .1 bore for the week ended August 2: Drilling valves and anchor bolts have been placed in position, waiting for cement to set.